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Substation Problem Knocks Out Power To Portions of Orleans & Spirit Lake

November 23, 2014

(Orleans)– An overheated transformer in a substation knocked out power friday afternoon to portions of Spirit Lake and Orleans.

Officials with Alliant Energy say a transformer in a substation just south of St. Margaret’s Cemetary on Peoria Avenue overheated and started to smoke.

Power was out in some places for nearly two hours.